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1996 Santa Cruz 52

San Diego, California

$337,500

Medusa  - Has podium finishes in the following offshore races
- Swiftsure race  / 1st in class 
- Cabo race / 2nd in class
- Transpac race / 2nd in class +  Fast time record for a SC52  in this race (8 DAYS+)

Rigging by Scott Easom - Easom RIgging San Francisco 

It Time for MEDUSA to take its new owners to the PODIUM!

Disclaimer

Listed by Seattle Yachts - San Diego

THIS BOAT IS SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE LISTING AGREEMENT WITH SEATTLE YACHTS - SAN DIEGO 858-775-5937 AND IS NOT OFFERED FOR SALE BY PORTANOVA YACHTS. Portanova Yachts is merely providing this information in an effort to represent you as a buyer in the purchase of this vessel.

Basic Boat Info

Boat Name: MEDUSA
Make: Santa Cruz
Model: 52
Year: 1996
Condition: Used
Category: Sail
Construction: Fiberglass
Boat Hull ID: SYM52009D595
Has Hull ID: Yes
Keel Type: Fin Keel

Dimensions

Length: 52 ft / 15.85 m
Length Overall: 52 ft / 15.85 m
Beam: 14 ft / 4.27 m

Other

Stock Number: 9
Boat Class: Racers

INTERIOR LAYOUT

The SC52 features a spacious interior that is finished in rich teak with red leather seating along with teak and holly flooring hatches with molded in fiberglass settees and storage cabinets. The spacious Owners Stateroom located forward consists of a double berth with plush mattress and built in shelfs port and starboard, along with built in storage drawers, a large hanging storage lockers is located to starboard with a small seat located below and additional storage drawers just aft of seat, private access to the forward head that is located on the port side just aft of the Owner stateroom and forward of the mast and main bulkhead.

Working your way aft past the forward bulkhead you will find a straight settee to starboard with a Quarter Berth/Pilot Berth above and outboard, on the port side you will find a "U" shaped Settee with dinning table and a Quarter Berth/Pilot Berth above and outboard of the Settee. Moving further aft along the starboard side just aft of the Settee you will find the forward facing Nav Station, across from there to port sits the Galley, beyond that is the aft Head with storage access through the Head where you will find a Pipe Berth, H20 heater, H20 maker, and plenty of storage for misc items, with additional access from the cockpit Lazerette. There is a wet locker located to starboard just beyond the NAV Station and an Aft Berth and upper folding Pipe Berth and a storage hanging locker.  

DIMENSIONS

LOA: 53 ft
LWL: 46.5 ft
BEAM: 14 ft
DRAFT: 8 ft 5 in
Ballast: 9,100 lb
Displacement: 21,000 lb
Designer: Bill Lee "The Wizzard"
Builder: Santa Cruz Yachts

ENGINE

Brand:  Yanmar Diesel
Model:  4JH2TBE
Drive:  Shaft w PSS Dripless Shaft Seal
Prop:  Folding 3 blade
Engine Hours:  TBD

TANKAGE

-Fuel/Diesel: 104 us gallons
-Fresh Water: 147 us gallons (Boat has a Watermaker as well)
-Holding: 26 us gallons

RIG AND RIGGING

-Aluminum Spar Xtra Tall Rig (Keel Stepped)
-Aluminum Boom
-Carbon Spin Pole
-Reaching Struts
-Navtec Discontinuous Rod Rigging
-Navtec Hydraulic Adjustments boom vang / backstay / outhaul 

SAILS

A-1 Red North Sails
A-2 Red North Sails
A-3 Green/grey North Sails
A-4 Grey (Robbie Haines favorite)
A-5 Light blue/gray (Scott Easom’s favorite)
Code-0 White wire luff  North Sails with Harken furler
Staysail White Spinnaker Cloth North Sails on Harken furler
Genoa Stay Sail 3DL Carbon North Sails
#3 Jib 100% maybe 110%.
#2 Full carbon 3DI North Sails Genoa
Mainsail Carbon Race Quantum Sails

Old practice sail
# 1 160% Genoa
Mainsail old practice
Mainsail Heavy cruising Dacron Evolution Sails on the boat now.
A-2 Blue and white
A-2 White
A-2 Red white and blue practice sail
Cruising spinnaker in sock all Blue Quantum sails (great easy sail for short handed)   

HULL MODIFICATION

-New Rudder Designed by Alan Andrews (see photo)
-Emergency Rudder and Associated Mounting Hardware
-Bottom Faired 

NAV ELECTRONICS

Instruments located above main hatch in Instrument pod:
-1 B&G Hercules 2000 MFD
-3 B&G 20/20s

Instruments located at Navigation Station
-GPS/CHARTPLOTTER Garmin 4212 series

-B&G Hercules 2000 MFD
-Link 2000 Heart Interface Invert / Charger Monitor
-Village marine H2O maker Monitor
-SAT PHONE 
-SSB Radio: ICOM ICM 804
-VHF Radio: ICOM ICM 504
1 at nav station
1 in cockpit with commercial oversize ram Mic
-Simrad AP28 Auto Pilot
-Panasonic XM Radio - Sirius Sat Radio
-Laptop connectivity for navigation

SAFETY GEAR

-XX Man Liferaft  ( Cert thru  XXXX)
-Epirb
-MOM module
-Life Sling
-Ditch bag
-Potable VHF Radio
-Fire Extinguishers
-Flares
-Air Horn
-Jack Line Attachment Padeyes
-Jack lines

ELECTRICAL

-Separate AC and DC electrical distribution panels
-XX House Batteries  SIze ______ AMp Hrs ______Battery System consists of 6v batteries in parallel 240 AMP per
-30 amp Shore Power Service and Power Cord 

DECK HARDWARE

-Turning blocks / leads / jammers -  through bolted and custom backing plates used for all deck hardware

WINCHES
-(2) Harken 58 2-speed self-tailing (Primary/Jib)
-(2) Harken 48 2-speed self-tailing (Runners)
-(2) Harken 48 2-speed self-tailing (travler)
-(3) Harken 44 2-speed self-tailing (halyards)
-(1) Harken 44 electric winch mounted on cabin top

-(10) Spinlock Rope Jammers
-Harken deck leads
-Harken turning Blocks at mast base
-Harken Adjustable Genoa tracks
-Navtec three function hydraulics (vang, flattener(outhaul), backstay)
-Running backstays
-Harken roller furling system1
-Carbon Spinnaker pole
-Spin track on front of mast and running rigging setup for pole
-Reaching strut 

PLUMBING

-Village Marine Water Maker 800 Gal Per Day
-Refrigerator on DC System
-RK Systems H2O Cooled Refrigeration
-Fresh Water Electric Flush Heads(2)
-Hot Water Heater 8 gal/ Engine Driven or Via Shorepower
-Cabin Heater
-Shower Sump Pump
-Sump Pump Located at Base of Mast
-Manual/Auto Bilge Pump in Anchor Windlass Locker at Bow
-Manual/Auto Bilge Pump in Main Saloon
-Salt Water Wash-down in Anchor Locker at Bow

CANVAS

-NEW Dodger / Bimini / Wheel / Sheet Bag Canvas  (Memos Canvas San Diego 7/2024) All Done in Toast / Tan Color 
-Mainsail Cover
-Folded Bimini Cover  
-Winch Covers
-Leather Wrapping Around Shroud Bases

DINGHY

-Carib Hard Bottom Inflatable 
-7hp outboard
-Dinghy Cradle For foredeck storage

OTHER

M E D U S A is held in a LLC
transferable with sale of vessel upon agreement with owner

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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